tim aubin wrote: > > The postings today are great and include advice on which wheels are the > best to the best remote starts in the Ottawa area. Peter James experience in > Britian has paid big dividends to the club in his past role as Touring > Events Director and now as route coordinator of the RLCT. The racers, former > too Bob S, have an amazing resourse to draw on. All this reminds me of why > I joined the club. > Thanks to all the experienced riders for sharing their knowledge with me > and for washing the bad taste of this weeks postings out of my mouth. > Tim Aubin. >
Hmm - after this I will just have to embarrass Tim in return. He will remember his first year with the club - he rode regularly with the same group as I did. I soon discovered he was a strong rider, and after a few weeks I realized that giving him too much advice would do me no good in the long-term(!) Through illness he missed completing Rideau Lakes that year - just one way would have been his longest-ever ride. A week or so later the phone rang - he wanted advice on riding the Animalathon. I assumed he had the name of the event wrong, and was referring to the Humanathon. But I was wrong. So I attempted to dissuade him: "Tim, your longest ride to date is ### km, and you want to ride xxxxxx that. Try the Humanathon first." I thought I had been successful. A couple of weeks later we are at Calabogie eating breakfast, almost half the Humanathon complete. Jean Doiron asks who is planning on riding the Animalathon. This takes me off guard because I wasn't sure if I was up to it. Before I can swallow my coffee Tim chimes in - "Sure - how about you Peter?" So the decision is made. For all three of us it's our first Animalathon. What a ride. It's a headwind all the way back from Cobden. From Arnprior back to Ottawa there's half a dozen regular Animalathoners at the front of the group, doing a continuous rotation at close to 30 km/h. There's another half-dozen riders taking shelter at the back - me included. By this point we've ridden over 300 km - new territory for me. Every so often Tim takes a turn in the rotation - even though he's now at xxxxx times his longest ever ride. Unreal. So who wants to fill in the ### and xxx? Will Tim reveal all? -- Peter James Ottawa, Ontario ------ Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
